Crime & Safety
Power Outage in Echo Park Early Monday
Local Tweeters were talking in the dark after the outage, which began around 1:30 a.m. It continued for several hours, leaving as many as 3,400 without power.
Folks were tweeting up a storm early Monday morning after power went out in parts of Echo Park.
Kelly Smith of Echo Park Now was one of the first with this, around 1:30 a.m. when the outage started:
It starts sprinkling in echo park and the power goes out??
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Others followed:
@ Seraphina Did the power just go out in echo park?
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@Josh Gibson It is raining and the power is out in Echo Park. My view from the hill. #poweroutage #echopark pic.twitter.com/mVH6HSlq
@Blaquechris I'm gonna kill myself!! RT @immalonerdotty: WHY IS THE POWER OUT IN ECHO PARK???? #HALP
The EastsiderLA brought the good news around 3 a.m. that some of the power has been restored to the 3,400 without it, with others chiming in on comments there to confirm soon after.
We've got a request into the DWP this morning for an official update on that what went down.
Look back here for that.
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